Russia is constructing its own undersea cable link, the “Polar Express” to improve communications and infrastructure in the north of the country and supply a stable internet connection to its remote hydrocarbon-rich areas.
The work on the undersea fiber optics communication network started when a vessel was seen laying the optic cables and sailing along the coastline near the village of Teriberka on the Barents Sea.
The project is expected to complete by 2026 and will pass 7,860 miles from Russia’s northern coast to the far eastern port of Vladivostok.
The cable link will be operated by a government company called Morsviazsputnik to provide high-speed internet in the Arctic port towns as well as Kamchatka peninsula and Sakhalin. According to Alexei Strelchenko, head of the cable manufacturing and laying company, it would cost around $889 million dollars to build this cable link which would be financed by the Russian state.
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